Amsterdam Quote by Jessie Burton Download Open image ““The rules of this house are written in water. I must either sink or swim.”” — Jessie Burton ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Amsterdam Golden age History Home Lgbt Sink or swim Water
“You must walk on water, especially if you don’t know how to swim.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“If I fall in, I’m going to drown. The weights upon me are too heavy to stay afloat. My only option is to sink.” — Katie McGarry Copy Share Image
“The house was silent, but somewhere in the garden was a swimming pool filled with unsettled water.” — J.G. Ballard Copy Share Image
“You really are an artist, aren’t you? You think it’s all about you, and you never stop looking for pain.” — Jessie Burton Copy Share Image
“My writing became the axis upon which all my identity and happiness hinged. It was now outward-looking, a self-conscious performance. I was asked to… — Jessie Burton Copy Share Image
“A piece of art only succeeds when it's creator...possesses the belief that brings it into being” — Jessie Burton Copy Share Image
“We studied men like him at school – protected gentlemen, rich gentlemen, white gentlemen, who picked up pens and wrote the world for the… — Jessie Burton Copy Share Image
“I feel like time’s tricked me, as if I’ve known you from before. Like we passed each other in our prams. Like it’s been… — Jessie Burton Copy Share Image
“Although any collective answer to my question remains to be seen, personally I feel quite certain of it. Because if there’s one thing I’ve… — Jessie Burton Copy Share Image
“Things crumble. Bit by bit. They shift, you don’t notice. Then you notice. Jesus Christ, my legs are broken but I never moved my… — Jessie Burton Copy Share Image
“Spain's past is a cut of meat turning green on the butcher's slab. When the war ended, people were forbidden to look back and… — Jessie Burton Copy Share Image
I think that if you look at places like Amsterdam and places where pot is very legal they do well with it. There is… — John Buffalo Mailer Copy Share Image
“She said I should pick the hall and the date and whatever I want, because it really doesn’t matter to her. That isn’t the… — Etgar Keret Copy Share Image
I was born in Belgium and moved to Amsterdam when I was 17. I am not a Calvinist Dutchman but a Catholic Belgian. I… — Eddy de Clercq Copy Share Image
Although I miss my family and friends when I'm away from Amsterdam, I've never had that feeling of missing a city like I have… — Michiel Huisman Copy Share Image
Curator Shantrelle P. Lewis left for Amsterdam an Andy Warhol fellow, and came back with a film in her pocket. Please support this confrontation… — dream hampton Copy Share Image
Some tourists think Amsterdam is a city of sin, but in truth it is a city of freedom. And in freedom, most people find… — John Green Copy Share Image
I'm scared of audiences. One show in Amsterdam I was so nervous, I escaped out the fire exit. I've thrown up a couple of… — Adele Copy Share Image
